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Courtyard House Designs

Modern Patio Home Architecture of Contemporary Comforts

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This modern patio home architecture is contemporary yet cozy – not an easy combination to do right. Marcio Kogan of Brazil architecture firm Studio MK27 created this patio house design to bring nature indoors on a whole new level. The courtyard house opens to the outdoors for a sense of boundlessness, but elements like concrete ceilings up the cozy factor. On the other side of the expansive glazing, large patio areas essentially double the home’s living space. The ground floor ... Continue >

Courtyard Living Architecture in Brazil

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This courtyard living architecture designed by Brazil firm Anastasia Architects makes the most of this idyllic location and climate. This outdoor living house plan boasts an amazing outdoor living room that rivals the indoors any day of the week. This sheltered space is outfitted with modern furnishings and most importantly, a natural view that expands the home’s square footage well beyond its traditional walls. Despite its “boundless” look and feel, this courtyard home design features a rectangular floor plan that ... Continue >

Peek-A-Boo Architecture by Room 11

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We love the indoor-outdoor appeal of peek-a-boo architecture. Australian architects Room 11 are the designers of this contemporary courtyard house design, which focuses as much on the indoor experience as the outdoor one. From the exterior, the house has a modest silhouette with an opening in its dramatic, dark facade, luring you in with its wide yawn. The interior courtyard is enclosed in glass, blurring the boundary between indoors and out. Beyond the sliding glass doors, interiors are warm and ... Continue >

Arizona Courtyard Homes – “Six Courtyard Houses”

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When Ibarra Rosano Design Architects designed these Arizona courtyard homes, a community of six, they wanted to bring a bit of the outdoors into each home here in this urban infill community. Inspired by local history, these homes boast a classic courtyard interior design that opens to outdoor living rooms, enclosed in masonry walls with minimal western exposure. The architects put a modern spin on tradition with a glass wall that floods interiors with natural light and blurs the boundary ... Continue >

Compound Style House Plan in Latvia

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This compound style house plan in Latvia has lots of parts that make up a pretty cool whole. Designed by NRJA Architecture and built surrounding a paved central courtyard, this compound includes a group of structures to accommodate daily living, a guest house and sauna, a cellar, and a football and volleyball field. So as to not compete with the spectacular sights of nature (like the riverfront, the forest and the undulating lay of the land) the structures adopt a ... Continue >

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